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ngb's avatar
ngb
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Files are taking a long time to sync, how can this be fixed?

how long is an exceptionally long time. 9 months long enough? how do we fix it?

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  • ngb's avatar
    ngb
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    anyone know what the equivalent file/folder is on Mac? done have a .dropbox.cache file on Mac

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Hi ngb, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

     

    What version of your OS and the Dropbox desktop application are you running on your machine?

     

    A screenshot showing the number of files trying to sync would be helpful

     

    This will help me to assist further!

  • ngb's avatar
    ngb
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    macOS Sonoma 14.5.

    dropbox v199.4.6287

    43,767 items 13.69GB on Mac, 181.2GB on Dropbox (dont know how many files there)

    doesn't show sync issues. it gets stuck on indexing forever (months)

     

     

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    2 years ago

    In the Dropbox folder, do you see any files or folders with the blue syncing icon visible?

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    2 years ago

    Thanks for clarifying that for us ngb 

     

    Have you granted Dropbox full disk access as outlined here

     

    Also, have you tried fixing your hard links and permissions as outlined here

  • ngb's avatar
    ngb
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    ive tried enabling full disk access (it wasn't previously enabled) also fixing hard links and permissions and it doesn't seem to make any difference. the permissions button didn't seem to do anything.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    2 years ago

    Thanks for the additional information ngb 

     

    Could you send us a screenshot of the app's exact status and version as shown in your menu bar at the moment so that we can have a visual too?

     

    Also, have you tried un-linking and re-linking your account through the app's preferences since you first noticed this issue? 

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